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THE MORNltftt OKEtfONiAtf, THUUSJLAlr, MAY 10, 1900. N AGE OF GERMAN LITERATURE (Cupyxlgiii, 1000. by tEOONIAN'S HOMESTUDY CIRCLE: JLDEN AGES OF LITERATURE XX. GOETHE ASTD THE GOLDEN AGE OP GERMAX LITERATORE. (Concluded.) BT ARTHUR H. PALMER. M. A Into the labor of all the preceding pio neers In the new land of German litera ture and In full sympathy -with these crit ical surveyors and guides two men of sur passing genius, more purely poetic, Goethe and Schiller, now entered to complete the development, and by making Germany united In the things of the spirit to lay -the necessary foundation of that united political Germany which was not fully realized until after 1S7L These two men during the last 10 years of Schiller's life (1794-3805) were bound together In a friend ship of most remarkable Intimacy and beauty. These years are pre-eminently the period of the beginning In German lit erature of the little city of Weimar, the Athens of Germany, which indeed for about half a century, prior to his death in 1832, Goothe made the literary capital of Europe. In the union of these two men are focused all the previous thought and literature of Germany, and from It radiate all the In fluences that have determined the later literature. Deferring for a little our appreciation of Schiller and his work, let us briefly re view the life, works and character of Goethe. This life is simple In Us external aspects, but In Its Inner content Goethe's greatest work of art, and so rich "as to make any summary treatment utterly In adequate. "Very apposite Is the poet Heb bel's distich on this life: "Point It Is only at first, that cnUy opens as clrole. Which, swift-growing, extends finally over tho world." Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in 1749 at Frankfort-on-Maln, and died in 1832 at Weimar. After a precocious boy hood In his native city he studied at the universities at Lelpslg and Strassburg. and lived again mostly In Frankfurt un til he began to reside In Weimar, In November, 1775. From 17S5 to 1788 Goethe was in Italy. Thereafter his residence In Weimar was uninterrupted save by travel. Early and long he had a large share In the administration of the duchy of Wei mar. The starting point of our appreciation In outline of Goethe's life and works we may find in these few modest words which he once uttered to a friend: "After all there are honest people up and down the world who have got light from my books, and whoever reads them and gives him self the tro-ible to understand me will acknowledge that he has acquired thence a certain Inward freedom." How Impor tant these plain words are Is thown by the comment of one of the first critics of France, who says: "I should like to in scribe these words upon the pedestal of Goethe's statue. No juster praise could be found for him, and in very truth there cannot possibly be for any man a praise higher or more enviable." With this Frenchman stands the noted English critic. Matthew Arnold, whose mature judgment Is: "It Is by no means as the greatest of poets that Goethe dc nerves the pride and praise of his country men. It Is as the clearest, the largest, the most helpful thinker of modern times. Goethe Is the greatest poet of modern times, not because he is one the half dozen human beings who In the history of our race have shown the most signal gift for poetry, but because, having a very considerable gift for poetry, he was at the same time, in the width, depth and richness of his criticism of life, by far our greatest modern man." Goethe's rank as poet or literary artist in the narrower sense depends upon five or six larger works, unlike one another, yet all masterpieces, and upon his lyrics, so rich in number and variety. These larger works are "Werther," that un-novol-llke novel, which gained lo litera ture the heart-life of modern man; the refined and dignified poetical dramas, "Iphigenla" and "Tasso," whose style possesses unequaled grace and purity, and whose content abounds In wisdom; the epic poem In hexameter, "Hermann and Dorothea," portraying German middle class life with comprehensive tender truthfulness and charm; the novel of cul ture, "Wllhelm Melster," "a rich mani fold life brought close to our eyes, which has entered into the training of Europe," and "Faust," that marvelous, unique work, surely the greatest In all literature since Shakespeare, presenting as it does, with fullest depth, power and beauty, all that Goethe's rare nature and experience could teach as to tho spiritual meaning and end of life. On Goethe's lyrics, who shall challenge the judgment in which Heine and Tenny son agree 7 The former thought them the best In the world, while Tennyson Is said to have placed Goethe foremost among the moderns as a lyric poet, and to have added, when one of his hearers demurred and mentioned great lyrics by other writ ers: "Yes. but Goethe Is consummate in so many different styles." Outside the narrow domain of pure po etry we must place Goethe among the foremost scientific Investigators of his age, and In the front rank of critics of litera ture and art. He has the qualities of the best essayists. Indeed, what perhaps above all else makes him fruitful and precious to so many is that he Is ever a sage and a philosopher, teaching and exemplifying the criticism and the conduct of life, body ing forth a practical philosophy, the very essence and spirit of which are beautiful ly epitomized in those oft-quoted lines from "In Memorlam," in which Tennyson himself later declared that he alluded to Goethe alone: "I hold It truth with lilm who slags To one clear harp Jn divers tones. That men may rle on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things." XXI. SCHILLER'S FAMOUS DRAMAS. Tho life, character and works of Schil ler may well evoke to a peculiar degree tho sympathy and admiration of Ameri cans. His idealism, his ardent aspiration, his championship and. achievement of ever broader and higher freedom, his daunt less domination of difficulty, whether moral or physical these are elements of character and life nowhere better under stood than in our own land. The keynote of Schiller's career Is lib erty. Goethe's retrospective lurirrmpnt. spoken years after the death of his friend, was this: "Through all of Schiller's works goes the Idea of liberty, and this Idea assumed different forms as Schiller advanced m his culture and himself be came different. In his youth It was phys ical liberty that occupied him and passed over into his poetic creations; In his later life, ideal liberty. That physical llberty dld. Indeed, so much occupy Schiller in his youth was in part due to the nature of his spirit, but chiefly to the constraint he had had to suffer in the milltary schooL But then- m his maturer life, when he had physical liberty enough, he went on to the ideal, and I would almost say that this Idea hastened his death, for he thereby made demands upon his physical nature which were beyond his power to meet." So, too, Heine said of him: "Schil ler wrote for the great IdeaTs of the rev olution; he destroyed the ba stile of the intellect; he aided In building the temple of freedom." Among the dramas created by Schiller his own life might well be called not the least the tragedy of the spirit In conflict with the material elements of earthly life, slain apparently in mid-career, yet living on into immortal triumph. But the nar row limits of the stage here at our dis posal forbid the presentation of this drama, nor can we portray Schiller, the lyric poet, the historian, the critic, the Seymour Baton.) DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON philosopher. The literary dramatist alone shall occupy us, and we may here note that he was born November 10, 1739, at Marbach, in Wurtemberg, and died March S, 1805. In Weimar. Schiller's earliest play was published In ITS; his death prevented the completion of his "Demetrius." Those of his dramas that may be called great number nine or eleven, according as we count "Wallen steln" In form a trilogy one or three. Now these 23 years and nine dramas fall naturally Into two distinct periods or groups, separated by about a decade given mainly to study and writing of his tory and philosophy. The first group comprises the three prose dramas "The Bobbers" (17SI), "Fiesco" (17S3), "Love and Cabal" (1784). and one In Iambic blank verse, "Don Car los" (1787).. The prose dramas all breathe that spirit of rebellion against estab lished order and social conventions which was not only favored by general despotic conditions, but kindled Into a consuming flamo by Schiller's personal experience of tyranny. "The Robbers" is first not only In time. but also in rank. It Is the tragedy of personality in conflict with law, the In dividual with civilization, which he re gards as based on wrong alone until, made wise by experience, he resigns him self to his fate in submission to law. So excellent is the technical dramatic skill, so many-sided are the characters, so full and fiery is the diction, that the first reviewer could not refrain from exclaim ing of the author: "If we are ever to expect a German Shakespeare, It is he." "Tho Conspiracy of Fiesco in Genoa" is the least successful of the early plays, al though of interest as being the first his torical drama written by Schiller, and both more moderate in diction and of oompacter structure than "The Robbers." The theme of this "republican tragedy" Is the political revolution attempted by a nobleman of Genoa In the 16th century. The Indictment of tho tyranny and wick edness of many petty German princely courts, which in "Fiesco" Is half hidden under tho Italian veil, Is made m "Love and Cabal" with tremendous frankness. This tragedy of middle-class existence that is crushed by tho cruel selfishness of the higher classes Is so charged with elemental life and passion as to make the chords of popular emotion vibrate in sym pathy. "Don Carlos" marks transition In many respects; from despairing satire of the present to confident hope in the future, from poetry to history, from prose to verse. Many poets have dramatized the strange history of this son of Philip II of Spain. Schiller's drama Is Interesting and In parts very beautiful. Its weakness lies In its lack of unity, due to the author's own development during the long five years between Its Inception and comple tion. The earlier portion of the drama lo. In Schiller's original intention, "a family picture of a royal house the situation of a father who is the unhappy rival of his son of a son who loves without' hope and Is sacrificed." But In the later portion this Is essentially lost from sight, and the hero is the Marquis Posa, an embodiment of all the faith In man and the social ideals of the 18th century. This fine. Inspiring figure, many passages of stateliest beauty, and the happy use of Iambic blank verse, melodious and impressive. Impart extraor dinary vitality to this work, great though Imperfect. The second group of Schiller's drama, his noblest creations, all but one primarily historical In subject and written in verse, were published in the years from 1799 to 1SC5. One of the few really great trage dies of modem times Is the first of these "Wallenstein; a Dramatic Poem." In content and spirit this is one long drama, though having the form of a trilogy made up of a one-act prelude, "Wallenetein's Camp." and two five-act plays, "The PIc colomlnl" and "Wallensteln's Death." Within a smaller frame than that of this grandest national drama of Germany It would scarcely bo possible Xo present not only the tragedy of the great man's char acter and fall, but also the struggle and the triumphs of the whole 00 years' war. Of this work Tteck said a generation later that all Germany felt that It es tablished a new epoch In dramatic liter ature. "Marie Stuart," 1800, with Its skillfully elaborated plot and close construction, in perhaps the best known to the English stage of all Schiller's plays. Since Its main theme Is the moral elevation of the heroine by her life experience, the author deviates from exact historical truth In brightening her character and darkening that of Elizabeth. This drama le highly pathetic, abounding In passages of lofty thought and Intense passion powerfully expressed. Ever new In his art, as In his life, Schil ler now turned to France, producing a romantic tragedy with a medieval subject containing miracles and idyllic elements. His "Maid of Orleans," 1801. is a highly poetical creation, written with much ly ric fervor. The charm and power of purity in woman, the inspiration drawn from religion and patriotism, are present ed in strong theatrical situations with lan guage noble and full of feeling. A unique exception among the works we are considering Is "The Bride of Mes sina," 1803. The subject Is a free Invention of the poet's Imagination, not historical; the tragedy of a family doomed to de struction through the love of two broth ers for their own sister, unrecognized un til it is too late. This subject matter, though largely modern, in its spirit, is treated after the fashion of the ancient Greek tragedy, for the Individual char acters are few, a chorus is employed and fate seems to be all-ruling. In spite or the unsurmounted difficulty of blending in organic union the ancient and the modern elements, the literary critic is tempted to place it first among Schiller's dramas in respect of statellness of sty.e and melody of diction, and as having the most finished artistic form. The writer bears witness that when well acted It is of entrancing beauty and power. Nowhere In Schiller's life and works does the ever-dom.nant note of liberty sound clearer and stronger than in his last large drama, "Wllhelm Tell." 1S04. Of It our poet Bryant said: "He took a silent page from history, and animating the per sonages of whom It speaks with the fiery life of his own spirit, and endowing them with his own superhuman eloquence, he formed it Into a living protest against foreign dominion which yet rings through out the world. Wherever there are gener ous hearts, wherever there are men who hold In reverence the rights of their fei-low-men, wherever the love of country anil the love of mankind coexist. Schiller's drama of 'William Tell stirs the blood like the sound of a trumpet." In truth the archer hero, the men of the Rutll, the liberty of the forest cantons and the le gendary origin of th Swiss confedera tion are here transfigured Into Immortal life. This drama Is thtHmost popular of Schiller's greater works, and perhaps merits the first place among them all. as displaying the widest range of poetic genius and dramatic art in the treatment of materials drawn from legend and his tory, and In respect of character drawing, verse and diction. Schiller's "Tell" Is his only drama end ing In peace ani Joy. The last work in dramatic form which Schiller completed was the brief lyrical play. "Homage o the Arts," an allegory celebrating beauty and the function of the arts In cnnobl'.ng life. Could there be more fitting close to his llfework! Tale University. Constitutional Safeguard Is Good. Corvallls Union-Gazette. Interest-bearing bonds and warrant of municipalities are becoming favorite classes of securities for very large num bers of Investors who seek them to place their money on interest. Efforts o open wide the means of permitting municipali ties to float larger volumes of Interest bearing debt is often urged by deal:rj who wish to enlarge their chances to deal In that class of securlt.es. Tnls pap.r does not know or have any assurance whether the movement to amend the con stitution as stated Is prompted by such causes, but It is difficult to see any reasou why the constitution as It now stands Is not better for the good of the whole peo ple than the proposed amendment. Why do the farmers, merchants and other busi ness concerns wont the constitution of the state so amended as to permit all coun ties, school districts and cities to create indebtedness to excessive amounts In or der that they and their posterity shall bear the burden of taxation to pay it? The amendment named. It carried, means fur ther opportunity to lay additional burdens upon business men, farmers and all those carrying the burdens of taxation, in or der that the taxeater, the speculator and promoter of booms and fictitious values may better thrive. The constitution as it now stands on that subject Is better suited for the prosperity of our country. Large interest-bearing public Indebtedness leads to increased and excessive taxation. It Is common practice to advertise for and Invite Immigrants to call and settle among us. Before they conclude to remain they inquire carefully as to the amount of the public debt and the rate of taxation. It they find these Items excessive and care lessly regarded, they move on. There are several other constitutional amendments proposed to be voted upon In June, which It will be well for the voter to carefully consider the effect of before voting. HEARTRENDING SCENES. An Observer of the Sorrow and An aralsli In Utah. OGDEN, Utah, May 4. Early this morn ing we arrived In Ogden, where the gloom of despair hovers over this fair city and suppressed voices tremble at the relation of the frightful coal mine explosion which occurred at Scofleld, 115 miles west of Salt Lake City, where more than 230 miners lost their lives. What caused the ignition of gas will never be knqwn. Attempts are made to account for It, but they are all conjectures. I thought I would go to the scene, and did go as far as Salt Lake City, where tho uncertainty of train connection for a return from the mine was explained, so I gathered news from those who had re turned during the day, and in the evening came back to Ogden, just ahead of a train from the mine, bringing In 10 for burial here, and eight for burial at Coalville. Accompanying the dead were a large num ber of relatives, who had gone to tho enamel spot to Identify their loved ones. Eleven who were In the mines were citi zens of Ogden. Only A -nave been found. One boy, 18 years of age, has not been exhumed, or. If he has. the disfigurement Is too great for his identification to be possible. When the news came that the train bearing them would arrive tills evening, the firm of Scowcroft & Son, wholesale merchants, directed a restaurant-keeper to have the best supper the market and limited time would permit prepared for all who came on the train, at the expense of the firm named. At the depot the sight of the large gathering from the city, who had been led hither, some from one Tea son and some from another, only plunged the mourners Into deeper grief. At the restaurant I was admitted to glean facts for publication. The details depicted are horrifying, shocking. Many were disfigured beyond recognition, while every one of the 25J dead Is blackened more or less. The cause of death was not from concussion, but from damp, or noxious gas set free, which caused suffocation. Men were found In groups, where jthey had sat down to consult, while other groups had evidently been rushing forward, attempting to re. treat before the suffocating gas. Some were lying face down, apparently orer come while attempting to prevent strangu lation by hiding their faces In their hands. Where groups were together they were found to have fallen on their backs, with faces turned up, . to one side, with countenances distorted in agony. It is contended by -those rescuing bodies that there Is no pain from damp, and that whatever distortion the countenance may exhibit is only the reaction of automatic nature. A number of rescuers were over come every day since the disaster, with damp, and thev describe the sensation a.i being sudden unconsciousness, and If not carried to fresh air immediately, painless death will ensue. The damp Is a carbon oxide, which is very poisonous, and has the effect of paralyzing the pneumogastric nerve from a single Inhalation. When one Is struck with damp he will cry out, and, as a rule, his colaborers In the search hasten to him before he falls, and hurry him to the air. The excitement around the mine Is so Intense from the walling l broken-hearted women and sorrowing children the rescu ing parties, of which there are many, seem to be unmindful of their own personal dan. ger. One thing which contributes to the disagreenbleness of exhumation Is tho stifling stench that ascends from the bodies as they are approached. Some of them are under tons of rock, through which an odor that is unbearable more than five minutes at a time Is emitted. Men from adjacent mines volunteer to dig for the bodies, and are tireless in their ef forts. Fifty volunteer gravedlggers from Proyo and the same number of Rio Grande Western section men began digging 1C0 graves In tho cemetery at Scofield this morning, and by nightfall they will be finished. The graves are In rows of 11, each grave being separated one foot from the next. Many members of the K. of P. and I. O. O. F. orders were among the lost, and where no relatives desire a dif ferent burial place, they will be buried by the members of their respective orders near by, but separate from those not mem bers, and monuments will be erected em blematic of their orders. Doctors hurried to the scene to give succor If possible; but there was nothing for them to do. Cripples and maimed were not there. All were dead. Under takers with embalming fluids were dis patched to the scene, and have found no rest since the search commenced. Minis ters of various denominations are on the ground to perform the last sad rights of earthly man. Coffins are sent In by car loads. Women come laden with flowers to decorate the graves. Largo sums oi money are being raised to furnish neces saries for the occasion. Men whose exteriors are rough and hearts supposed to be of adamant are not strong enough to withstand the rivers of tears that flow from the eyes of scream ing wives and mothers, and sobbing orphan children. One poor woman, whose mind is now too much shattered under the awful calamity. It is feared, to ever again be as formerly, aimlessly walked back and forth near the deathtrap In which her heart Is buried with the mangled remains of her hus band, deep under the debris of mine No. 4. wringing her hands and crying: "Dan wlil come to me.' Under the pltlcul accents of her wallln-rs strong men ore but frail children. Tnls ioor woman's sobs are echoed In the hard boundlngs of men's hearts against their quivering sides. A woman walking along in the deadhouse looking for her husband was stopped by her little boy, who said: "Mamma, this is papa." All that was visible from under the white sheet that had been placed over the black remains was one hand project ing, and from some peculiarity. It is sup posed, in the form of the hand, which was burned black, the little fellow knew his father, for so It proved to be. Here in Ogden, when supper was over, and the hour for parting of mourners who were taking their dead to Coalville and those whose dead are to be buried In Og. den came, that parting I would forget if I could. Mothers drowning the little I fatherless children In tears that were wrung from weeping hearts; -othctt en treating their sons to stay away from the coal mines; little children's eyes swimming in the liquid of despair, as they spasmod ically realized that they could never again look forward with joy to the day when papa would come In from the mine; women falling In each other's arms, weep ing, each trying to console the other; and It not possible for consolation to come only as the result of the business commo-ticr-i of life, and the natural cycles of time: these unnerving scenes, occasioned by an accident, where at one puff mors men were killed than are killed in the majority of battles, where large opposing forces meet and repulse each other with the deadliest implements of modern war fare, ore for men to face, not because they occurred In the course of events, nor through curiosity to know others' feelings, but In response to duty. If In this time of surrounding anguish I have anything personally to rejoice at. it is that tomor row morning, before the funeral cortege begins to move from this chamber of death, I will be on my way to Chicago, where new scenes and new sounds of the cars speeding over desert, culvert and bridge, will partially dispel the appalling nightmare that will renew Its activity In haunting the sympathetic as the morrow's duties are begun. J. L. HILL. THE RUNNING RACES. Yesterday's Winners at Morris Parle and Other Tracks. NEW YORK, May 9. The threatening and showery weather detracted from the sport at Morris Park today. The results were: Six furlongs Lady Uncas won, Robert Metcalf second. Native third; time, 1:14. Four and a half furlongs, selling Ashes won. Screech second, Connie third; time, 0:53t. Five furlongs, the Bouquet Educate won. Fake second, Lanceman third; time, 0:9. Seven furlongs Sparrow Win won. Imp second. Star Chime third; time, l:C0tf. One mile, selling Brisk won. Oliver Mac second. Mat Simpson third; time, 1:46. Mile and a half, St. Nicholas hurdle Griggs won, Maze second. Lackland third; time, 2:52. Races at Louisville. LOUISVILLE. May 9. The track was muddy today. The results were: Four and a half furlongs Sllverdalo won. Cluster second, Luego third; tlmo. 09ii. Six and a half furlongs Kentucky Babe won, Sarilla second, Wilkerson third; time, 1:25. Mile and 20 yards, selling Trebor won, Dleudonne second, 'Possum third; time, 1:47. Seven furlongs, Madamolselle stakes Larkspur won. Roseda second, Fleuron third; time. 1:32. Six furlongs., selling Isablnda won. Avator second, Sound Money third; time, 1:17. American League Scores. At Detroit Detroit. 6; Kansas City, 20. At Buffalo Buffalo, 3; Minneapolis, 10. National Leasne Games Postponed. All the National League games were postponed on account of wet grounds. Eruption of Vcsuvlns. NAPLES, May 9. The cable-car service up Mount Vesuvius has been suspende'd in consequence of eruptions. 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Three routes East via Billings. Denver and St. PauL Ticket Office, '100 3rd SL, r.Shrx,Pirtlni, 3rej)i. K. "W. FOSTER. Tlektt Agent. GEO. S. TATLOIt. City Fasoosger Actnt. GO EAST VIA ON THE FAMOUS "Portland-Chicago Special" OR THE "OVERLAND LIMITED" The only trains running through solid from Portland'and Chicago, livery car illuminated with Plntsch gas. Two trains dally. Dlnlns- Cnrs. Service a Is Carte. Library-DnHet Smoking Cars. Palace nnd Ordinary Sleeping: Cars. Free Recllnlnc Chair Cars. Leaves. 9:15 A.M.... Arrives. ...4:00 T. M. ...8:00 A.M. PORTLAND CITY TICKET OFFICE 124 Third St. Phone Main 553 W. E. COMAN. General Agtnt. J. K. NAGKl cur Tlektt Agt. WASHINGTON & ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. Steamship C1TT OF SEATTLE" will les.y Seattle at S P. M. on Tuesday. April 2,, and every 10 days thereafter, tor Vancouver, Ketch ikan. Juneau and Skagway. making trip from Seattle to Ekagway in 72 hours. For freight and passage Inquire of nODWELL JL CO.. LIMITED. AGE7CTX. VA2JCOUVER TRANSPORTATION CO. Steamer Undine. Captain Charles T. Kama. leaves Vancouver at 8:30 A. M. and 1 P. M. Leaves Portland at 10:30 A. JL and 4:30 P. M. Sundajs excepted. For freight or passage ap plr on beard, foot of Taylor street. Round trUx 30c. co.i J VBEEGHAffl 1 o 0 n &?i?!z"A TRAVELERS "GUTDK. To) ipr oil alp iilQ TJbIqb Depot. SIxtb and J Streets. THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "PORTLAND-CHICAGO SPECIAL' Leaves for the East, via. Huntington, at 0:13 Ji.iL. ATLASTIC EXPRESS. Leaves for tho East, via Huntington, at 6.20 P.M. "Spokane Flrer" equipment Is carried on this train, via Umatilla. Passengers for Spokane, Eastern Washington and Great Northern points taxe tnis train. THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. Water llnca schedule, subject to change with out notice: OCEAX AND RIVER SCHEDULE. OCEAN DIVISION Steamships sail from Alnsworth dock at 8:00 P. M. Leave Portland Columbia. Wednesday. May 2; Saturday, May 12; Tuesday, May 22; Friday. June 1; Monday. June II. State of California. Monday, May 1. Thursday. May 17; Sunday. May 27; Wednes day. June B. From San Francisco State of California. Thursday. May 3: Sunday. May 13; Wednesday, May 23; Saturday, June 2: Tuesday. June 12. Columbia. Tuesday. May 8; Friday, May la; Monday. May 2S; Thursday. June 7. COLUMBIA RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Hassalo leaveo Portland dally, except Sunday, at 8:00 P. M.; on Saturday at 10:00 P. M. Returning, leaves Aatcrta dally, except Sun day, at 7aT0 A. M. "WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND CORVALLI3. OR. Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Albany. Corvallta and way points; leaven Portland Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturday at 6:00 A. M. Return, lng. leaves Corvallls Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays at :00 A M. Steamer Modoc, for Salem. Independence and way points, leaves Portland Mondays. Wednes days and Fridays at 6:00 A. M. Returning. leaves Independence Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at r.30 A. M YAMHILL RIVER ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR. Steamer Elmore, for Dayton and way points. leaves Portland Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sat urdays at 7 A. M. Returning, leaves Dayton for Tortland and way points Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays at C A. M. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO. Steamer Spokane or steamer Lcwtvton leaves Rlparla dally at S A. M., arriving at Lewlston at 3 P. M. Returning, the Spokane or Lewls ton leaves Lewlston dally at 9 A. M., arriving at Rlparla same evening. W. H. HURLBURT. General Paeaenger Agent. V. A SCHILLING. City Ticket Agent. Telephone Main 712- NewSteamsblpLinetotheOrient CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. In connectkKi with THE OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. 1000 (subject to change) : Steamer. Due to Leave Portland. aiRAEMAR" May 2 "ARGYLL" May 2o "MONMOUTHSHIRE" June 27 For rates, accommodations, etc.. apply to DODWELL & COMPANY. Limited, General Agents, Portland. Or. Tq principal points In Japan and China. THE FASTEST AND MOST DIRECT LINE TO THE EASTANDSOUTHEAST IS THE SpSpoS The Direct Line to Denver, Omahi. Kansas City, St. Louh Chicago and Other Eastern Points ' TWO DAILY SOLID VEST1BULED TRAINS. Portland to Chicago Less Thss Three Days. Only Four Days to New York and Boston. Throurh Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Buffet Ubrarv Cam (Barber Shop) Dining Cars. (Meals a la carte) Free Reclin ing Chair Cars. Through tickets, baggage checks, and sleeping car accommodations can bo ar ranged at CITY TICKET OFFICE " 1 35 Third Straat Portland, Orsgoa J. H. LOTHROP. GEORGE LANO. Om1 Agtnt. Cty Pass. & Tkt. AxU SE Tho Magnificent Tranc-Paclffc Passenger Steamship TACOMA Registered tonnage, 2S11 tons; capacity, 4000 tons; passenger accommodations, 100 first class. 900 second class. Th!a steam ship has Just been released from the gov ernment service as a troopship, and has every modern comfort and convenience and Is the largest steamship in tho Cape Nome trade. Will sail from Tacoma and Seattle on or about the 25th of May. For rates and full Information apply to DODWELL & CO., LTD. Telephone. Main. S5. 252 Oak Street. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION DEPOT. Tor Maygers. Rainier. Clatskanle, Westport. Clifton. A.storla. War renton. Flarel. Ham mond. Fort Stevens. Gearhart Park. Seaside. Astoria and deashora Express, Dally. Astoria Express. Dally. ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. 6:00 A. M. 6:55 P. M. 11:13 A.M. 8:0 P. M. Ticket offlee. 235 Morrison et- and Union dipot. J. C. MAYO. Gen. Pass. Ajt.. Astoria. Or. WHITE COLLAR LINE COLUMBIA RIVER & PUCET SOUND NAVJ- GATION CO. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, BAILEY GATZERT (Alder-fltreet dock) Leaves Portland dally every morning at 1 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon 'phone Main 351. Columbia 'phone 33L U. B. SCOTT. Presldent- SKAGWAY AND DAWSON Alaska SteamshipCompany NEXT SAILING. ROSALIE. MAY 10. . The only company having through traffic ar rangements to Atlln and the Klondike. Weekly Killings from Taccma. For full Information ap ply to J. L. HARTMAN. Agent, Portland. Or., 3 Chamber of Commerce. j TRAVELERS GUIDR. EAST m SOUTH Leave Dtjit fllti aai I Streets Arrive OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAIN3 for Salem. Rose burg. Ashland. Sac ramento. Ogden. San Francisco. Mo Jave. Los Angeles, El Paso, New Or leans and the East At Woodburn (dally except Sun day), morning train connects with train for Mt. Angel, Sll verton. Browns ville. Springfield and Natron, and evening train, for ML Angel and Sli verton. Albany passenger Corvallls passenger Sheridan passenger 3:30 P. M. 8:30 A. M. T:45 A2& 8:30 P. M. 4:00 P. M. 17:30 A. M. M:C0P. M. 10:10A.M. :S0 P. 3i. tS :25 A.M. Daily. IDally except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac ramento and San t-ranclsco. Net rates S17 first class and. Jil second class, including sleeper. Rates and tlckete to Eastern points and Eu-?ft-TRAA?TfAP:V- H1A. HONOLULU and t-VvV" .Fln 0lned from J. B. KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent, 140 Third St. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson Street. 12:30. 1:05. 3:25, 4:40. 6:25. S:30. 11:30 P. M.; and 9:00 A. M. on Sundays only. Arrive at Portland dally at 0.35. 8:30, 'CO A. M.: 1:35. 3:10. 4:30, 6:15. 7:40. 10:00 P. M.. 12:40 A. M. dally, except Monday. S:30 and 10:05 A. it. on Sundays only. . iae J.or DalIas dally, except StiRday. at 0.05 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlle Mon days. Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:45 P. M. Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R. KOEHLER. C. H. MARKHAM. Manager. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt. DOUBLE DAILY TltAJX SERVICE. The Pioneer Dlnlnfc nnd Observation Car Route. Leavo Union Depot, 6th and J StS Arrive, No. 2 2 P.M. North Coast Limited. For Tacoma, Seattlo, No.1 TAM. Nortn Yakima. oio- Kane, .Pullman, Mos cow. Lewlston, Kosj land. B. C. Butte. Helena, St. Paul. Min neapolis. Chicago. Bos ton. New York nnd all points East and South east. Twin City Express. For Tacoma. Seattle, Spokana. Pullman. Mos No. 4 11:30 P.M. No. 3 8 P.M. cow, Lewlston. Ross- land. B. C. Nelson, Helena. Butte. Pt Paul. Minneapolis Chicago. Boston. Baltimore, New York, Washington, and all points East and Southeast. Take North Coast Limited Train No. 2 for South Bend, Olympla and,, Gray's Harbor points. See the North Coast Limited. Elegant Up holstered Tourist Sleeping Cars, Pullman Standard Sleepers, Dtnlns Car and Observa tion Car. all electric lighted. Solid vestlbuled trains. Tickets sold to all polnt.s In tho United States and Canada, and baggage checked to destination of tickets. For Information, tickets, sleeping-car reser vations, etc.. call on or write A. D. CHARLTON Assistant General Passenger Agent, 255 Morrison St.. Cor. Third, Portland, Oregon. SOO PACIFIC LINE Offers tee LOWEST RATES and BEST SERV ice to and from all. Eastern points and Europ. Through tourUt cars from coast to St. Paul, Toronto. Montreal and Boston WITH0C3 CHANGE. Direct Route to Kootenay Mining District British Columbia Canadian Pa cine mil null jtcauiAip Tines U Japar anl i. nitral.8. rt late- and Information, appty to H. H. ABBOTT. Agent. E. J. iYfrc. 149 Third straet. city. A. O. P. A.. Vancouver. B. C. Ticket Ofllcci Third St. 'Fbone 030 LEAVE. No. 6:20 P.M. The Flyr, dally to and atjrtve. from St- Paul. Mlnne- " . apolls. Duluih. Chtcagr No. 3. and all points Eajt. I 8:00 A. M. Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrory Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP TOSA MARU For Japan. China and all Asiatic points wia leave Seattle About .May 21st. EMPIRE SEATTLE CAPE NOIVIE Yukon River Points S. S. "OHIO." 3M0 tons, after two years eervlce as U. S. transport, has been released, and will sail from Seattle for Cape Nome about May 2t. Rates First class. J1C0 and ?123: second class. $75. For berths, etc. apply ta any railroad agent, or agent of the Interna tional Navigation Co.. or to EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO., 607 First avenue. Seattle. "Wash, l , Pacific Coast Steamship Co. FOR ALASKA. ' THE COMPANY'S elegant steamers. Cottage City. City of Topeka. Queen and Al-Kl leave TACOMA 11 A. M.. SE ATTLE 0 P. M-, May 3. 10, 15, 20. 25. 30; June 4. 0, 14 10, 10, 24, 29; July 1. 4. 9. For further Information obtain company's folder. The company reserves the right to changa steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing; without previous notice. AGENTS N. POSTON. 240 Washington st. Portland. Or.; F. W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R. Dock. Tacoma; J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Pugot Sound Supt.. Ocean Dock. Seattle. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Asti, S. J". lfl suhsct -n O 02EN4SA$ I t i m I IBREATPfDRTHEBNlt 122 sjKXyBRA ; A. WV-wTfr...'fr-3 -iftsBu a. - iK i.